By Roos Schelen (1/11/25)
Above: Martin Ho. Photo: Tottenham Hotspur.
The Women’s Super League kicks off again this weekend after an international break. Tottenham Hotspur host Liverpool at Brisbane Road on Sunday.
Spurs head coach Martin Ho acknowledged that Liverpool’s position in the WSL table and the results don’t reflect the performances they have had, as his side prepare to face Gareth Taylor’s reds.
Targeting Liverpool’s weaknesses
Ho says: “I think they’ve pulled teams really close in a lot of games that have very clear identity and are very forward thinking and front footed in terms of how they want to play and that’s obviously Gareth’s implementation on the squad. So we know it’s going to be a tough game.”
Liverpool tend to want to play out from the back, but that leaves them vulnerable at times. When asked whether that is something that Ho’s Tottenham are targeting on Sunday, Ho explained:
“Yeah, I think not just that area but other areas too. I think they have a very clear identity, as I said. And I know Gareth’s very strong on that and I like that he’s strong on that because he believes in what he does,” he said. He continued, expanding on what he hopes his Spurs side will target:
“So we need to make sure opportunity presents itself in those moments when they do build out or they’re in higher phases and we get opportunity to break and have chances on goal and we need to make sure we take them.”
Team news
Ella Morris and Luana Buhler are both out with long term injuries, so they will not be available for Spurs’ clash with Liverpool this weekend. Eveliina Summanen came back from international duty with Finland with a fractured rib and will be assessed after training on Saturday.
Keeping the momentum
Tottenham have seen some great results ahead of the international break. They currently sit fourth in the table, ahead of North London rivals Arsenal. Spurs made it hard for Chelsea, who needed a great strike from Keira Walsh to beat Tottenham by one goal to nil. Spurs defended with great due diligence in that match. Impetus Football asked Ho whether the international break broke up that momentum a bit, with players going away to their national teams.
Ho largely denied, saying: “It maybe breaks it slightly, but I think the players get an opportunity to go and be in a different environment, a different space, I think is important because they’ll get so long where they’re in the same environment for so long and you maybe get a little bit kind of bored of being around one another, if you want to say. So it’s actually good for them to refresh. Good for us as staff collectively to refresh and now go into these games making sure that we are fully focused on what the job is ahead.”
The match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool in the WSL kicks off at 12pm BST on Sunday the 2nd of November. The match will be shown live on Sky Sports +.
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